Update on Ives Family History Blog: July 2016

I started this blog on February 15, 2007 with this post Ives Family Blog Overview. I first did this summary on October 4, 2007 and this is just an update. I have put up a total of 258 posts so far. I am still getting many comments and have 499 so far. As I said then, I am writing about the descendents of William Ives, one of the founders of New Haven CT. It is not like a regular blog that posts on current events and does not go back and makes changes to prior posts. Rather it is an online draft history that I hope to continue to improve. I intend to continue to modify this document on an ongoing basis and welcome all comments, additions, and corrections. This includes going back and correcting material already posted when new evidence arrives. Below is an Ives family gathering in Pinebluff North Carolina in the early 1900s. My great grandfather, Sumner Abraham Ives, is on the far right. My grand father, Sumner Albert Ives, is next two him. The two women are my great grandmothers, Alice Dunbar Ives and Eulalia Sharp.

  

I have now provided all the research that I have completed to date. This summer I finally visited New Haven and walked on the land owned by William Ives. It is now a parking lot for a medical building but there is a nice green hedge along one of the property lines. There have been over 150,901 page views since I started with an average of 44 a day, over a 100 on some days. I have met a number of new relatives and learned new information about the Ives family. I will continue to make periodic updates through new posts and corrections to existing material. There have been 499 comments on the 258 posts. Your suggestions are welcome.

Comments

[David Ivces]

Many thanks, Bill, for maintaining an excellent and very informative resource for the descendants of William Ives. Both your efforts and the information you share are greatly appreciated.
David

[Bill Ives]

David - Thanks for your kind words and contribution.

[Chris St. Ives]

Hi Bill,
My name is Chris St. Ives from Massachusetts and after several years of researching, I've finally discovered that my last name was originally Ives until it was changed by my great great grandfather Herbert Ives. From the limited information that I have it looks like he changed the name to St. Ives for a better acting stage name. I imagine that he must have researched the name Ives and made the connection to St. Ives England. Since this discovery, I have been linked to members this Ives family through DNA and look forward to finding out as much information as possible. Thank you for starting this blog it has been a tremendous help and has opened up new avenues for me to discover. I will continue to follow the blog and am anxious to make new discoveries.

M

[Bill Ives]

Chris - Thanks for your kind words. I am glad it is helpful. It has been a lot of fun an di have learned many things from contributors like yourself.

[Chris]

Impressive. This is called dedication for a subject. It was a pleasure to read all about the Ives family. Thank you for putting the time and research in this subject.